Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Population loss in Texas: Borden County/Gail


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Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.  

Source:  Wikipedia (Borden County, Gail)


Gail is the county seat of Borden County.

Population loss by degrees:  80-90%70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.



Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 38.8% - Borden County
  • 28.7% - Texas
  • 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 24.7% - Borden County
  • 12.8% - Texas
  • 15.6% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  • 11.0% - Borden County
  • 14.7% - Texas
  • 12.3% - U.S.

The last time Borden County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was 1976.  Trump received 90.4% of the vote in 2016.

Related reading:
World's Biggest Battery to Boost Solar in Texas Oil Country.  (Bloomberg, 2/13/2019)
The world’s largest battery could soon be storing solar energy deep in the heart of Texas oil country. The 495-megawatt storage system would be built in tandem with a solar farm of the same size in Borden County, Texas.

Other Texas population loss posts:
Wheeler County/Wheeler.  (9/12/2019)
Donley County/Clarendon.  (9/13/2019)
Collingsworth County/Wellington.  (9/13/2019)
Childress County/Childress.  (9/14/2019)
Hall County/Memphis.  (9/14/2019)
Briscoe County/Silverton.  (9/15/2019)
Floyd County/Floydada.  (9/15/2019)
Motley County/Matador.  (9/16/2019)
Cottle County/Paducah.  (9/16/2019)
Foard County/Crowell.  (9/17/2019)
Hardeman County/Quanah.  (9/17/2019)
Wilbarger County/Vernon.  (9/18/2019)
Cochran County/Morton.  (9/18/2019)
Dickens County/Dickens.  (9/19/2019)
King County/Guthrie.  (9/19/2019)
Knox County/Benjamin.  (9/20/2019)
Baylor County/Seymour.  (9/20/2019)
Red River County/Clarksville.  (9/21/2019)
Throckmorton County/Throckmorton.  (9/21/2019)
Haskell County/Haskell.  (9/22/2019)
Stonewall County/Aspermont.  (9/22/2019)
Kent County/Jayton.  (9/23/2019)
Lynn County/Tahoka.  (9/23/2019)

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